Messages in this thread |  | | From | David Howells <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] UAPI: Remove empty Kbuild files | | Date | Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:59:43 +0000 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > Remove empty Kbuild files as they cause problems with the patch program > > which removes files that become empty. > > > > Should I also remove include/Kbuild as that now does nothing? Or should > > it be left as an anchor just in case we want it in future? > > I think that if the build system created it, a `make clean' or `make > mproper' should rub it out again. Ideally a `make mrproper' will give > you a tree which is identical to a freshly-untarred kernel.org tarball > (yes?).
Ummm... What's that got to do with it? include/Kbuild is part of the sources: make clean/mrproper/distclean should not be removing it.
> Which reminds me of my email which you're still hiding from ;) > Shouldn't a `make mrproper' undo the effects of `make headers_install' > by wiping ./usr/include/?
Ummm...
warthog>cp .../.config . warthog>make -j12 >&/dev/null warthog>find usr/include/ | wc -l 873 warthog>make distclean >&/dev/null warthog>find usr/include/ | wc -l find: `usr/include/': No such file or directory 0
and:
warthog>cp .../.config . warthog>make -j12 >&/dev/null warthog>find usr/include/ | wc -l 873 warthog>make mrproper >&/dev/null warthog>find usr/include/ | wc -l find: `usr/include/': No such file or directory 0
so I don't see the problem.
David
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